Long-palped Webworm
Profile
Ellura
Broken Line Grass Webworm
Dorsal
 
                      
Long-palped Webworm (Hednota longipalpella)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Crambid Snout Moth (:Pyraloidea Crambidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Long-palped Webworm (Hednota longipalpella)
This Photo:     🔍Ventral🔎

Thank you CPye3381 for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~13mm long, ~26mm wingspan.
Note the difference between the 2 profile shots. They are of the same specimen, just one is reversed. We always prepare photo's with the head to the left. However, the side that is most "worn" also has a lot more black scales near the rear of the forewing than the other side. Possibly a strange wear pattern, or possibly asymetric. This is also evident from the dorsal shot.

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.